Our Past Scholars

Mr. Marcin Kuczok,

Marcin Kuczok is a Ph.D. candidate in linguistics at the University of Silesia's Institute of English in Sosnowiec, Poland.  He has taught various courses in English grammar, phonetics, conversation and composition, while researching issues of cognitive linuqistics.  His dissertation research is devoted to the problems of conceptualization of the notion of Christian life in Newman's sermons.  His interests range from philosophy and theology to axiology and lexical semantics.  Mr. Kuczok has published articles in Linguistica Silesiana, Newman Studies Journal, and other Polish journals.

Conceptualization of the Notion of "Christian Life" in John Henry Newman's Parochial and Plain Sermons

Article in NSJ: Conceptual Metaphors for the Notion of Christian Life in John Henry Newman's Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. 7, No. 2, Fall 2010

Fr. Jakub Ciolak,

Fr Jakub Ciolak was born in Skarzysko Kamienna, Poland in 1979.  In 2004 he was graduated from the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in Warsaw with a BA in Theology and was ordained into the priesthood in Radom, Poland, by Bishop Zygmunt Zimowski on May 29th of that same year. 

 In 2008 he graduated from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, in Rome, Italy with a licentiate degree in Theology Spirituality, after completing his dissertation on, "I ruolo dei Santi secondo John Henry Newman anglicano: la predicazione e la vita" - The Role of the Saints according to Anglican John Henry Newman: in his preaching and in his life.

Fr. Ciolak is very interested in the spirituality of John Henry Newman.  In his research of the potential saint, he has been blessed to have traveled to the National Institute for Newman Studies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the International Centre of Newman Friends in Littlemore, Oxford, England.  Focusing his studies on "The Role of Saints according to John Henry Newman" he has begun working toward his doctorate on this subject.

Fr. Jakub Ciolak will join us at the Institute during May and June of 2011.  He is a doctoral student at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.  He thesis theme is The Role of the Saints according to John Henry Newman.  He will build on his licentiate research, which explored the topic based on Newman's sermons from the Anglican period.  He is currently focusing on Newman's Catholic period and the Letters and Diaries. 

Dr. Ryan J. McDermott,

The Invention of Goodness: Literary Ethics and Tropological Imagination in Late-Medieval England

Mr. Adam L. Myers,

A native Virginian, Adam Myers (B.A., Philosophy) studies history of Christianity at Wheaton College in Illinois. His reading focuses on the rise of distinct forms of historical consciousness in the nineteenth century and its complex relation to that century's philosophy, theology, and culture. Mr. Myers will be in residence at the National Institute for Newman Studies in March and April of 2011.

Doctors of Doctrinal Development, Doctors of Modernity: Newman and Schaff on the Reformation

After Alexandria: The Historical Context of Newman's Essay on Development

Mr. John R. Friday, Jr.

Mr. Friday returns to NINS in July of 2010 for a second residency to continue his studies on Newman's relevance.  Mr. Friday received his B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh in 2005, his M.A. in Theology at the Catholic University of Louvain in 2007, and is currently seeking the Ph.D.  in Theology and Religious Studies at Louvain.  His dissertation topic is, "Promises and Pitfalls of Religious Experience as a Category for Interreligious Dialogue."  He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Topic(s): 2006 Residencey:Theology in Balance: The Role of Theology in Newman's University and its Relevance to Contemporary Theologians, 2010 Residency: Newman's Enduring Relevance: Experience, Commitment and Conversion in the Catholic Theology of Religions

Article(s) in NJS: Theology in Balance: The Role of Theology in Newman's University and Its Relevance to Contemporary Theologians, Vol.  4, No. 2, Fall 2007

Dr. Dwight A. Lindley, III, Ph.D.

Mr. Lindley is the Director of the Writing Center and an Adjunct Instructor in English at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, where he is currently working on his doctoral degree in Literature. He holds an M.A. in Literature from the University of Dallas and a B.A. in English and History from Hillsdale College in Michigan. Mr. Lindley’s dissertation topic is Probability and Imagination in the Ethical Thought of John Henry Newman and George Eliot. He will join us at the Gailliot Center for Newman Studies for eight weeks this summer, investigating Newman’s debt to Aristotle’s ethical thinking.

Newman's debt to Aristotle's ethical thinking.

Article in NSJ: Probability and Economy in Newman's Theory of Knowledge, Spring 2010, Vol. 7, No. 1

Mr. Matthew C. Briel, B.A.

Mr. Briel studied at the National Institute for Newman Studies during the summer of 2007, investigating Newman's Influence on Luigi Giussani's The Religious Sense.  His article, "John Henry Newman and Luigi Giussani: Similarities in their Conceptions of Reason", appeared in the Spring 2009 issue of the Newman Studies Journal.  He will return in June of 2010 for a second 8-week stay at the Gailliot Center, accompanied by his wife Leilani.  Mr. Briel holds a B.A. in Philosophy and a M.T.S. from the University of Notre Dame.  He attended the Pontificia Universita San Tommaso D'Aquino in Rome and is currently working toward his M.A. in Classic at the University of Minnesota.  His is an Instructor of Latin at the University of Minnesota and an Adjunct Professor at St. Paul Seminary and Divinity School.  During his upcoming residency, he plans to undertake an investigation of the principles upon which Newman based his historical enquiry and theological reading of the Church Fathers.

Topic(s): An investigation of the principles upon which Newman based his historical enquiry and theological reading of the Church Fathers.

Previous Residency: June 15 - July 15, 2007.  Topic:  Newman's Influence on Luigi Giussani's The Religious Sense

Article in NSJ: John Henry Newman and Luigi Giussani: Similarities in their Conceptions of Reason, Spring 2009, Vol. 6, No. 1.

Fr. Emeka Ngwoke,

Fr. Emeka Ngwoke arrived at the Gailliot Center for Newman Studies this February, in the midst of the heaviest snowfall in Pittsburgh in 17 years.  He traveled from South Bend, Indiana, where he is a doctoral candidate in Theology.  Fr. Ngwoke is a native of Nigeria, where he received his M.Th. at the Catholic Institute of West Africa.  Among his published works are The Eucharist and Social Responsibility toward the Poor and Politics and Religion: A Christian Perspective.  He will study at the National Institute for Newman Studies for eight weeks, focusing on his dissertation topic, “Newman, Vatican II and the Challenge of Inculturation in Africa.” 

Newman, Vatican II and the Challenge of Inculturation in Africa.

Dr. John F. Crosby, Ph.D.

Is there a Primer of Infidelity in Newman's Works?

Article in NSJ: Is there a "Primer of Infidelity" in Newman's Works? How the Gospel Encounters Culture in the Catholic University: A Neglected Lesson from John Henry Newman, Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 2009

Article in NSJ: A "Primer of Infidelity" based on Newman? A Study of Newman's Rhetorical Strategy, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2011

Fr. Vinh Bao Luu-Quang, M.A.

Topic(s): Trinitarian Theology as presented in JHN's Parochial and Plain Sermons, 1833-1843

Article in NSJ: Newman's Theology of the Immanent Trinity in his Parochial and plain Sermons: 1820-1834, Spring 2010, Vol. 7, No. 1

Sermon Study in NSJ: Newman's Theology of the Economic Trinity in His Parochial and Plain Sermons: 1835-1841, Fall 2010, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Mr. Alexander B. Miller,

Newman's Epistemology

Article in NSJ: The Reasonableness of Faith and Assent in Newman's Parochial and Plain Sermons and Grammar of Assent, Fall 2010, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Dr. Brian W. Hughes, Ph.D.

Extended stay: March 09

Topic(s): Newman's View of Faith and Reason: Pascalian Aspects

Article in NSJ: Une Source Cachee: Blaise Pascal's Influence upon John Henry Newman, Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 2010

Dr. Sebastian Galecki,

Country: Poland

Topic(s): The Moral Conscience in Ethics of J.H. Newman

Rev. Steven D. Aguzzi, M.Div.

Topic(s): Newman's views on Judaism, as manifest in Arian of the Fourth Century

Article in NSJ: John Henry Newman's Anglican Views on Judaism, Spring 2010, Vol. 7, No. 1

Dr. David Fleischacker, Ph.D.

Topic(s): Critical edition of My Campaign in Ireland

Article in NSJ: From Athens to Dubline: John Henry Newman on the History of the University, Fall 2009, Vol. 6, No. 2

Dr. Greg Peters, Ph.D.

Topic(s): Educational models

Article in NSJ: Benedict of Nursia, John Henry Newman, and the Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University: An Approach to Christian Learning, Spring 2009, Vol. 6, No. 1.

Mr. Peter Starz, M.Div.

Topic(s): German translations for Kiosk

Mr. Daniel J. Lattier, B.A.

Topic(s): Newman on Anglican Fasting as well as Newman and Fasting

Article(s) in NJS: Newman's Theology and Practice of Fasting as an Anglican, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall 2008, Newman's Silence on Fasting as a Roman Catholic, Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 2009

Dr. Donald G. Graham, Ph.D.

Dr. Graham is an Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at the Institute of Theology at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Scarborough, Ontario. He is also a Teacher of Religion and Philosophy at St. Peter’s Secondary School in Peterborough. Dr. Graham received his Ph.D. in Catholic Studies from the Open University and Maryvale Institute in Birmingham, England. His dissertation, John Henry Newman, the Holy Spirit and the Church: an examination of his fundamental pneumatic ecclesiology with special reference to the period 1826-53, was directed by The Reverend Dr. Ian Ker, of the University of Oxford. Dr. Graham was a Newman Scholar at NINS during the summer of 2007. He authored the article, “Newman’s Sermon on ‘The Mystery of the Holy Trinity’: A Response to Richard Whately?” which was published in the Spring 2008 Newman Studies Journal. During a two-week residency during the summer of 2010, Dr. Graham will develop an article that will counter Frank Turner’s contention that Newman’s An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine is a naturalistic account bereft of a proper pneumatology.

Topic(s): Newman's Hermeneutics of the Holy Spirit in The Essay on Development

Article(s) in NJS: Newman's Sermon on "The Mystery of the Holy Trinity": A Response to Richard Whately?, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2008

Dr. Kevin Mongrain, Ph.D.

Topic(s): JHN on Ecclesial Spiritual Life

Article(s) in NJS: John Henry Newman on Ecclesial Spiritual Life, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2008, The Eyes of Faith: Newman's Critique of Arguments from Design, Spring 2009, Vol. 6, No. 1.

Mr. Nicholas Teh, A.B.

Topic(s): Action, Assent, and the Feeling of Faith

Rev. Dr. Judith M. Gentle,

Topic(s): Newman's Mariological Writings

Fr. David Grea,

Country: Italy

Topic(s): Link between Newman's spiritual experience at Ealing and dogmatic account in Apologia

Mr. Damon McGraw, M.A.R.

Extended stay: 07/15/07 - 06/30/08 (12 months)

Topic(s): Taxonomic classification of Newman

Topic(s): Dissertation research, "JHN, Apocalyptic Theologian"

Dr. John R. White, Ph.D.

Extended stay: 05/05/08 - 06/01/08 (4 weeks)

Topic(s): Doctrinal Development and the Theology of History: A Comparison of JH Newman and St. Bonaventure

Topic(s): Doctrinal Development and Philosophy of History: Contributions of JHN and Johan Adam Moehler

Fr. Martin Charcosset,

Country: France

Topic(s): Role of memory in the elaboration of dogma, special call

Article(s) in NJS: Newman's Memory of his Sicilian Sojourn, Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 2006

Mr. Joseph S. Pizza, M.A.

Country: United Kingdom

Topic(s): The Dream of Gerontius and Newman's Incarnationalism

Mr. Marty Maddox, S.T.M.

Topic(s): Newman's epistemology and the problem of certainty

Article(s) in NJS: Newman and the Problem of the Criterion, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2007

Dr. Maria del Rosario Athie-Lambarri, Ph.D.

Country: Mexico

Topic(s): Newman and Friendship

Article(s) in NJS: "My Dear Miss Giberne," Newman's Correspondence with a Friend: 1826-1840, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2005
Faith and Doubt: Newman's Example of Friendship, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 2005

Mr. Jordan Wales, Dip.Th.

Topic(s): Satisfaction and Sanctification

Ms. Ruth Anne Hilker, M.A.

Topic(s): Newman and Plato

Mr. Christopher J. Chapman, M.A.

Topic(s): Newman-based high school religion course

Ms. Stephanie Terril, Ph.D.

Topic(s): Newman's Epistemological Thought

Article(s) in NJS: An Implicit Model of "Conception" in the Theological Papers of John Henry Newman on Faith and Certainty, Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2004